Why are you doing that in the "open" event? Try "creationComplete" instead. Or set it directly without the function. Or bind selectedIndex to a bindable variable.
Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Pride Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] ComboBox in Component won't open to Saved Value Thanks for the response. I understand what needs to be done as you described but I still have one problem. I tried this before. private function openGenderPop(event:Event):void { genderPop.selectedIndex = 1; } The ComboBox opened to the zero value not the 1. When I clicked on the box it opened to have the 1 value preselectect but did not present upon opening. I am referencing it like this and must be missing some kind of kick event? <mx:ComboBox id="genderPop" close="closeGenderPop(event)" open="openGenderPop(event)" dataProvider="{arrGender}" x="583.5" y="89" width="116" /> Thanks again. This board is GREAT ! Dan Pride --- On Wed, 10/8/08, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:tspratt%40lariatinc.com> > wrote: > From: Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:tspratt%40lariatinc.com> > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] ComboBox in Component won't open to Saved Value > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11:05 AM > ComboBox.selectedItem will only work if you assign a > *reference to an > item in the ComboBox dataProvider*. This is rarely > possible and is not > in your case. > > > > What you must do is loop over the items in the > CobmoBox.dataProvider and > compare the appropriate property's value to the value > you want to match. > When a match is found, use the loop indes to set the > ComboBox's > selectedIndex. This is simple enough to do in a one-off > situation. > > > > If you need this often, then you might want to use an > extended ComboBox. > Making a generic one is a bit tricky, because the Combo Box > dataProvider > items can have any properties at all. I have an example on > www.cflex.net <http://www.cflex.net/ <http://www.cflex.net/> > (it allows you > to set the data > field you want to match) and Ben forta has done one and > there are > others. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of Dan Pride > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] ComboBox in Component won't open > to Saved Value > > > > Hi > I have a ComboBox used as a Popup on a form component. > It saves fine using the following function > > private function closeGenderPop(event:Event):void { > ComboBox(event.target).selectedItem.label}; > > > I want to have it display the stored value the next time it > is opened. > I tried this but no luck. > > private function openGenderPop(event:Event):void { > genderPop.selectedIndex = 1; > ComboBox(event.target).selectedItem.label; } > > Really appreciate the help > > Dan Pride
